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McAfee Creator Found Dead In Cell

McAfee Creator Found Dead In Cell Published:  2021-06-24 
Views:  505
Author:  Marigold
Published In:  Technology

 

Anti-virus software entrepreneur, John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell. This was hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the US to face tax evasion charges. The Catalan justice department said medics had tried to resuscitate the 75-year-old, but were not successful. In October 2020, John McAfee was arrested in Spain when he was about to board a plane to Turkey, and accused of failing to file tax returns for four years, despite earning millions from consulting work, speaking engagements, crypto-currencies, and . . . .

 

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Super Mario 64 Game Breaks Auction Record

Super Mario 64 Game Breaks Auction Record Published:  2021-07-17 
Views:  902
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Technology

 

An unopened copy of Super Mario 64 has been sold for $1.56 million. This breaks the record for the most expensive videogame sold at an online auction.  Released in 1996 for the Nintendo 64, the game was Mario’s first 3D adventure. It went on to become the console’s best-selling game ever, with nearly 12 million sales to date. According to the Guinness Book of Record, the copy . . . .

 

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Rwanda Migrant Deportations Ruled Lawful By High Court In Defeat For Campaigners

Rwanda Migrant Deportations Ruled Lawful By High Court In Defeat For Campaigners Published:  2022-12-21 
Views:  205
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Law & Legal

 

Controversial government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are lawful, the High Court has ruled. The Home Office won a legal challenge against its policy to send would-be migrants, including those who reached the UK after crossing the Channel in small boats, to the African country. Challenges were brought against the policy announced by then-Home Secretary Priti Patel in April, which she described as a "world-first agreement" with the east African nation in a bid to deter migrants from crossing the Channel. Lord . . . .

 

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TikTok Reviews Mystery Behind How It Recommends Videos To Users

TikTok Reviews Mystery Behind How It Recommends Videos To Users Published:  2022-12-21 
Views:  116
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Entertainment

 

TikTok says it is starting to roll out a new feature that will provide more insight for how the platform's algorithms suggest films in your "For You" stream. With this, you may pick the question mark symbol labeled "Why this video" by clicking the share button on the video. From there, TikTok claimed you may learn more about some of the justifications for why a specific video was suggested to you. One of these explanations is "user interactions," which refers to the content . . . .

 

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Husband-and-wife Forgers Bag Jail Term Over Fake Artworks

Husband-and-wife Forgers Bag Jail Term Over Fake Artworks Published:  2023-02-12 
Views:  392
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Law & Legal

 

The Beltracchis fraud  has been exposed after many years of painting fakes, fabricating evidence, and painstakingly cleaning their tracks. CNN reports that this discovery set off a series of circumstances that would lead to the exposure of a multi-million dollar fraud that had deceived purchasers and galleries all over the world. Their problem started when one of German husband-and-wife team, Wolfgang Beltracchi's works, "Red Picture with Horses," which had been misidentified as being by expressionist artist Heinrich Campendonk, had been sold at auction . . . .

 

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85 Cases Of Measles Outbreak Recorded In Central Ohio

85 Cases Of Measles Outbreak Recorded In Central Ohio Published:  2023-02-12 
Views:  302
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Health

 

The Columbus Public Health authorities has announced the end of a measles outbreak in central Ohio that had affected 85 children. The measles infection outbreak, which was initially noted in November 2022, mostly resulted from a lack of vaccination in the neighborhood and spread among kids who had not received all recommended vaccinations. 36 of the kids were hospitalized, but none of them died. All but five of the 85 instances were children aged 5 or under. Measles cases in central Ohio according to CNN, surfaced aggressively in November . . . .

 

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Banning TikTok In The US Should Be Considered - Schumer

Banning TikTok In The US Should Be Considered - Schumer Published:  2023-02-15 
Views:  145
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Entertainment

 

US Senator Chuck Schumer has proposed to ban TikTok in the United States. According to CNN, Schumer said “We do know there’s Chinese ownership of the company that owns TikTok. And there are some people in the Commerce Committee that are looking into that right now.” US lawmakers Marco Rubio, a Republican senator from Florida, and Angus King, an independent from Maine, said they had reintroduced new legislation that aims to ban TikTok from operating in the United States, unless it cut ties to its current owner . . . .

 

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Driverless Taxis To Appear In UAE By End Of 2023

Driverless Taxis To Appear In UAE By End Of 2023 Published:  2023-04-06 
Views:  99
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Technology

 

UAE has announced that ten driverless taxis will be deployed to serve the public in Jumeirah by the end of 2023. The director of Transportation Systems, Public Transport Agency at RTA Khaled Al Awadhi, RTA, who disclosed this in an interview said more driverless taxis in Jumeirah in 2024 until the gradual deployment of 4,000 taxis in Dubai by 2030. According to UAE Moments, the autonomous taxis have the capacity to seat three passengers in the back seat, with no passenger allowed to sit in the front. The . . . .

 

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Lehmann Appeals To Angry Shareholders At Annual Meeting

Lehmann Appeals To Angry Shareholders At Annual Meeting Published:  2023-04-06 
Views:  89
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Finance

 

Shareholders of Credit Suisse have been appealed to after its collapse that led to the bank’s controversial takeover by UBS. Chairman Axel Lehmann said he was “truly sorry” as it was a sad day for everybody. Reports by CNBC said a number of shareholders took to the stage over the course of the day to lambast the bank’s leadership and demand further explanation of the process and reasoning behind the deal. Swiss authorities brokered an emergency rescue of the stricken . . . .

 

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3 Top Countries To Settle In According To Expats

3 Top Countries To Settle In According To Expats Published:  2023-04-13 
Views:  160
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Entertainment

 

Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore have been identified by expats as the top three places where it’s relatively easy to settle in. This was a result of a survey in 2022 by InterNations, an expat community group with 4.5 million members in 420 cities The survey had nearly 12,000 expats around the world, ranked locations based on what it calls the Expat Essentials Index. The Expat Essentials Index considers newcomers’ assessments of their digital life (like access to administrative services online), housing . . . .

 

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Sheeran In Court Over Copyright Trial In The U.S

Sheeran In Court Over Copyright Trial In The U.S Published:  2023-04-25 
Views:  148
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Entertainment

 

British singer Ed Sheeran has appeared in a New York City court over song copyright. He is in court to deny that his song Thinking Out Loud copied Marvin Gaye's song Let's Get it On. The Grammy winner testified that he did not copy from Gaye's 1973 hit. But the heirs of Gaye's co-writer, Ed Townsend, argue that Sheeran, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Publishing owe them money for allegedly stealing the song . . . .

 

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Seized Laboratory In Sudan A Potential ‘germ Bomb’- WHO

Seized Laboratory In Sudan A Potential ‘germ Bomb’- WHO Published:  2023-04-25 
Views:  166
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Health

 

The World Health Organization has issued a warning of a “huge biological risk” in Sudan. The warning comes after Sudanese fighters seized the National Public Health Laboratory in the capital Khartoum. CNN reports that foreign nations keep racing to mount rapid evacuation efforts from the country and violence punctured a fragile US-brokered ceasefire. The lab which contains samples of diseases and other biological material, had been taken over by RSF forces. The WHO representative in Sudan, Nima Saeed . . . .

 

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Microsoft Surpassed Expectations With Growth From Azure

Microsoft Surpassed Expectations With Growth From Azure Published:  2023-04-25 
Views:  156
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Technology

 

Microsoft shares rose 9% in extended trading after the software maker issued fiscal third-quarter results and quarterly guidance that exceeded analysts’ predictions. Microsoft beat estimates on quarterly revenue guidance with growth from Azure and other cloud services slowed to 27% from 31% in the prior quarter but was still faster than expected. Microsoft finance chief, Amy Hood during a conference call with analysts noted that for the fiscal fourth quarter there was an increase from $54.85 billion to $55.85 billion in revenue. . . . .

 

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Concerns Raised Regarding AI

Concerns Raised Regarding AI Published:  2023-05-09 
Views:  89
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Technology

 

Concerns have been raised that artificial intelligence could be used by “bad actors” and make it harder to spot scams and misinformation. Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak who gave the warning said AI content should be clearly labelled, and called for regulation for the sector. Mr Wozniak told BBC that he does not believe AI will replace people because it lacks emotion. However he warned that it will make bad actors more convincing because programmes such as ChatGPT can create text that &ldquo . . . .

 

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TikTok Ban Signed Into Law In U.S

TikTok Ban Signed Into Law In U.S Published:  2023-05-18 
Views:  94
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Entertainment

 

Montana has signed into law the ban of  TikTok from personal devices. Signing the law, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte said the bans due to take effect on 1 January 2024. According to BBC, Mr Gianforte told lawmakers that a wider ban would further "our shared priority to protect Montanans from Chinese Communist Party surveillance." TikTok said in a statement that it was used by "hundreds of thousands of people" in Montana. The video-sharing platform says . . . .

 

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Use Of Masks In New York As Canada Battles Wildfire

Use Of Masks In New York As Canada Battles Wildfire Published:  2023-06-08 
Views:  127
Author:  Editorial
Published In:  Health

 

Residents of New York have been advised to wear N95 masks outdoors due to poor air quality levels sparked by intense wildfires in Canada. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced hat New York would distribute one million masks to state residents on Thursday. Canada has said that people should wear a mask if they are unable to remain indoors. Officials warn that the dangerously smoky conditions are expected to persist into the weekend. According to BBC, more than 15,000 residents are expected to be forced to . . . .

 

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